| 6877000 |
Tool for converting SQL queries into portable ODBC |
| Apr-5-2005 |
A method, computer program product and system for converting Structured Query Language (SQL) statements into the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard. The source code of a database application may... |
| 6874035 |
System and methods for transforming data from a source to target platform using snapshot |
| Mar-29-2005 |
The invention transforms source data from a source platform to a target platform with a single copy. A data request signal is communicated from the target platform to the source platform and a location... |
| 6874028 |
System and method for unified registration information collection |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A client computer collects registration information and uploads the collected information to one or more remote registration databases. The collection and/or uploading of registration information for multiple... |
| 6873985 |
Lightweight subject indexing for e-mail collections |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A light weight subject indexing system including a candidate headword identification system for identifying candidate words in the subject line of a document which are not listed in a user modified common... |
| 6873983 |
Information use frequency prediction program, information use frequency prediction method, and information use frequency prediction apparatus |
| Mar-29-2005 |
The information use frequency prediction device is provided with a comparison section for shifting a second time series data related to the use frequency of a first keyword, sequentially on the time base... |
| 6873841 |
Shared address-data service for personal CE equipment |
| Mar-29-2005 |
The user is enabled to upload, to a server on the Internet, information from a first contact data base in a first communications apparatus. The server manipulates the uploaded information and extracts... |
| 6871245 |
File system translators and methods for implementing the same |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A translation system and method for translating file systems between nodes having heterogeneous file systems are provided. The translation system includes a consumer node having a first file system and... |
| 6871202 |
Method and apparatus for ranking web page search results |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A method and apparatus for ranking a plurality of pages identified during a search of a linked database includes forming a linear combination of two or more matrices, and using the coefficients of the... |
| 6865569 |
Determining materialized view coverage |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A method and apparatus determines (1) if a materialized view can be used to respond to a query for data stored in one or more base tables of a database system; and/or (2) if the materialized view needs... |
| 6862602 |
System and method for rapidly identifying the existence and location of an item in a file |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A system and method for rapidly identifying the existence and location of an item in a file using an improved hash table architecture. A hash table is constructed having a plurality of hash buckets, each... |
| 6862559 |
Methods and apparatuses for measuring diversity in combinatorial structures |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A method for computing a diversity measure H(m) for combinatorial structures involves identifying all M possible substructures having m elements from among the n elements of the combinatorial structure.... |
| 6859803 |
Apparatus and method for program selection utilizing exclusive and inclusive metadata searches |
| Feb-22-2005 |
An apparatus and method for conducting exclusive and inclusive metadata searches to identify and select multimedia programs. The apparatus of the invention including a metadata search controller that compares... |
| 6859802 |
Image retrieval based on relevance feedback |
| Feb-22-2005 |
An improved image retrieval process based on relevance feedback uses a hierarchical (per-feature) approach in comparing images. Multiple query vectors are generated for an initial image by extracting multiple... |
| 6859800 |
System for fulfilling an information need |
| Feb-22-2005 |
The invention offers new approaches to fulfilling an information need, in particular to finding a result for a query based on a large body of information such as a collection of documents. The invention... |
| 6859694 |
System and method for proxy filing and closing of flight plans |
| Feb-22-2005 |
The present invention provides a system and method for filing and closing of flight plans. With the present invention, a computing device is provided that includes a flight plan filing device that is capable... |
| 6853998 |
Customer self service subsystem for classifying user contexts |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A system and method for classifying user context in a customer self service system that performs resource search and selection and includes a context attribute database comprising types of user contexts... |
| 6853389 |
Information searching apparatus, information searching method, and storage medium |
| Feb-8-2005 |
An information searching apparatus for searching for information calculates a matching degree, which indicates a degree at which searching conditions used for searching for the information are satisfied,... |
| 6850935 |
Automatic index term augmentation in document retrieval |
| Feb-1-2005 |
Disclosed are methods and systems for automatically assigning index terms to electronic documents such as Web pages or sites in a manner which may be used to facilitate the retrieval of electronic documents... |
| 6850934 |
Adaptive search engine query |
| Feb-1-2005 |
Embodiments provide a method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for searching for information on a network of computers using a modified search query. The search query is modified using translation... |
| 6850933 |
System and method for optimizing queries using materialized views and fast view matching |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A transformation-based optimizer generates rewritings by applying local algebraic transformation rules on subexpressions of a query. Application of a transformation rule produces substitute expressions,... |
| 6850932 |
Method, system, and program for merging query search results |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A system for interacting with a database report is disclosed. The database is responsive to a query to produce an associated report comprising one or more objects, each object comprising a plurality of... |
| 6850927 |
Evaluating queries with outer joins by categorizing and processing combinations of relationships between table records |
| Feb-1-2005 |
Aspects of the invention provide methods for rewriting and computing database queries that include outer join conditions, and for determining columns that satisfy a criteria. According to one aspect, a... |
| 6847977 |
Grouping multimedia and streaming media search results |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A method and system for grouping metadata search results associated with media on a computer network, such as multimedia and streaming media include binning and iterative masking. The media metadata has... |
| 6847972 |
Apparatus for classifying or disambiguating data |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A computing system has a data storage device for storing a database including a classified vocabulary of terms. A processor of the apparatus is arranged to associate each term with a number of different... |
| 6847964 |
Method of using a computer to facilitate decision making |
| Jan-25-2005 |
This is a method of using a computer to facilitate decision making where a database can be searched with feed forward information provided to the user. A number of criteria are provided to a user of the... |
| 6847962 |
Analyzing, optimizing and rewriting queries using matching and compensation between query and automatic summary tables |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for optimizing database queries using a derived summary table, wherein a definition of the summary table is based on a full select statement, including,... |
| 6845373 |
Text stream filter |
| Jan-18-2005 |
A method and apparatus for filtering an input text stream includes receiving a definition of a filter configuration and modifying the input text stream according to the filter configuration so as to generate... |
| 6842749 |
Method to use the internet for the assembly of parts |
| Jan-11-2005 |
A method that comprises: 1) sending to a manufacturer a customer request for assembly instructions for a grouping of components; and 2) presenting to assemblers a set of assembly instructions which are... |
| 6842741 |
Recording medium with electronic ticket definitions recorded thereon and electronic ticket processing methods and apparatuses |
| Jan-11-2005 |
An electronic ticket comprises a ticket ID 233, an issuer ID 237, right information 239 of the electronic ticket, and issue, transfer and redeem conditions 240, 241 and 242, the entire block of these pieces... |
| 6842730 |
Method and system for information extraction |
| Jan-11-2005 |
A method and a system for extracting information from a natural language text corpus based on a natural language query are disclosed. In the method the natural language text corpus is analyzed with respect... |
| 6839719 |
Systems and methods for representing and editing multi-dimensional data |
| Jan-4-2005 |
Systems and methods for representing, editing, and operating on multi-dimensional data efficiently, compactly, and in real-time with an intuitive graphical user interface without requiring extensive user... |
| 6839706 |
Block data storage within a computer network |
| Jan-4-2005 |
The present invention provides the ability to transfer data between a initiating computer system and a target computer system with a block data storage device, where the target computer system is remote... |
| 6839705 |
Method for delivering and caching preprocessed search results to improve performance of background information searches on a convergence device |
| Jan-4-2005 |
A method and apparatus for providing viewer specific program information is described. A user of an integrated personal computer and television convergence device requests specific programming information... |
| 6836886 |
Method and apparatus for delivering electronic information |
| Dec-28-2004 |
A method, apparatus, system, and article of manufacture for electronically obtaining a Web page in a Web browser. A Web page is requested. In response, the browser receives a bootstrap file that comprises... |
| 6836780 |
Method and system for accessing data in legacy applications |
| Dec-28-2004 |
A method and apparatus is presented for mapping legacy application data. The mapping process consists of trail recording, mapping, and template creation. In the trail recording phase, user interaction... |
| 6836772 |
Key word deriving device, key word deriving method, and storage medium containing key word deriving program |
| Dec-28-2004 |
The present invention produces class-specific key words from a document set. In particular, an importance of a word is defined to take into account the number of documents in a corresponding class. A class... |
| 6836770 |
Method for transforming SQL queries |
| Dec-28-2004 |
A computer-implemented method for transforming an SQL query having a WHERE clause having nested SELECT expressions. The expression in the WHERE clause being transformed by the iterative application of... |
| 6834309 |
Socket tool having data transfer control codes, file transfer control codes, and data and file transfer progress indication codes for connection and communication of SQL application |
| Dec-21-2004 |
A socket tool is embodied in form of coded codes and executed in a computer for its inside application software to "call" to connect and communicate with that of another computer, wherein the socket tool... |
| 6834279 |
Method and system for inclusion hash joins and exclusion hash joins in relational databases |
| Dec-21-2004 |
A method, system and apparatus for performing an inclusion hash join and an exclusion hash join using a hash join are provided. The inner and outer tables are transposed to left and right tables, respectively.... |
| 6832350 |
Organizing and categorizing hypertext document bookmarks by mutual affinity based on predetermined affinity criteria |
| Dec-14-2004 |
An apparatus, program product, and method utilize a "bookmark affinity" to facilitate organizing by mutual affinity stored storage location addresses, or "bookmarks," each for a given hypertext document.... |
| 6831663 |
System and process for automatically explaining probabilistic predictions |
| Dec-14-2004 |
The system and method of the present invention automatically assigns "scores" to the predictor/variable value pairs of a conventional probabilistic model to measure the relative impact or influence of... |
| 6829623 |
Method and system for managing multiple database storage units |
| Dec-7-2004 |
The system manages at least a database in multiple database storage units, and the database is duplicated for redundancy. The system maintains the database redundancy for security. The system enables the... |
| 6829622 |
Apparatus and method for mobile device synchronization |
| Dec-7-2004 |
Many portable computing devices include data based applications such as schedules, contact managers, and the like, which can be synchronized with another computing device, such as a desktop computer, whereby... |
| 6829617 |
Providing a snapshot of a subset of a file system |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A system, method and computer readable medium for providing a snapshot of a subset of a file system. A first snapshot of a first set of source files in a file system is generated. The first snapshot includes... |
| 6829616 |
Method, system, and program for implementing a database trigger |
| Dec-7-2004 |
Provided is a method, system, and program for implementing a database trigger. Upon detecting a trigger event, a determination is made of at least one row in a base table affected by the trigger event.... |
| 6829605 |
Method and apparatus for deriving logical relations from linguistic relations with multiple relevance ranking strategies for information retrieval |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A method and apparatus are provided for improving the precision of information retrieval systems that use logical form searching techniques. Under one embodiment of the invention, several logical form... |
| 6829604 |
Rules analyzer system and method for evaluating and ranking exact and probabilistic search rules in an enterprise database |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A rules analyzer system and method is provided for an enterprise system to evaluate and rank exact and probabilistic search rules for searching a computer database of records according to the efficiency... |
| 6829602 |
System and method for using a compressed trie to estimate like predicates |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A compressed trie has nodes including multiple character sub-strings. Such multiple character storage reduces the number of nodes in the trie, thereby reducing the amount of memory required for storing... |
| 6829601 |
Document management system |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A document referencing computer applying relationships or links between documents, wherein the documents are managed by a document managing computer, and the relationships or links are managed by a knowledge... |
| 6829601 |
Document management system |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A document referencing computer applying relationships or links between documents, wherein the documents are managed by a document managing computer, and the relationships or links are managed by a knowledge... |
